Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageI too was once young—a tender child, the cherished only one in my mother's eyes.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor I was once a son to my father, tender and precious before my mother.
KJV
King James VersionFor I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWhen I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
Footnotes
*Yahid* (יָחִיד) means 'only, unique, solitary'—the single, irreplaceable one. It is the precise word used in the Aqedah (Gen. 22:2, 12, 16) where YHWH commands Abraham to sacrifice his 'only son, whom you love.' The chain of transmission—grandfather to father to son—grounds wisdom's authority not in abstract principle but in generational, covenantal love. *Rakh* (רַךְ) means 'tender, soft'—the vulnerability of youth that makes formation possible. FOG renders 'precious before my mother' to preserve yahid's relational weight; FOG Message uses 'the cherished only one' to draw out its emotional and typological depth.